{"id":14642,"date":"2011-10-31T20:59:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T20:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejoycollective.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14642"},"modified":"2014-09-04T12:28:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T12:28:48","slug":"november-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/highlights\/november-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo’vember, Mo’ hearing problems: live highlights for November"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stamina levels suitably galvanised by another epic and dizzyingly fun S\u0175n weekend, let\u2019s approach this typically whistle-stop<\/span> rambling tour of November\u2019s live music highlights much as we would S\u0175n; celebrating local brilliance and foraging for curiosities amongst the weird and unknown.<\/p>\n

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Nothing weird about ultra-prolific Japanese psych-rock behemoth ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE<\/strong> playing in a bar in Bridgend.\u00a0 On a Monday night (Hobos, 14th<\/sup>).\u00a0 Nope, hang on, that\u2019s highly weird, yet fantastic.\u00a0 It\u2019s cheap (\u00a38 maximum) and has excellent support from longform psych improvisers BEAR-MAN<\/strong>.\u00a0 Oh, and Hawkwind\u2019s Nik Turner might turn up and play because he lives down the road.\u00a0 Splendid.\u00a0 If Bridgend\u2019s too much of a stretch, AMT play the Thekla on the 15th<\/sup> too.\u00a0 Further exploratory truffles can be uncovered in the no less unusual surrounds of Cathays\u2019 Gower pub (28th<\/sup>), where the Rusty Trombone of God dudes follow up their fine S\u0175n bill with prepared guitar and drum workouts from BIRCHALL\/CHEETHAM DUO<\/strong>, manipulated feedback jams from DEAS & DENTON<\/strong> and R. SEILIOG<\/strong>.\u00a0 Trippy.\u00a0 Elsewhere, seek out multimedia polymath PEOPLE LIKE US<\/strong>, who turns her unrivalled skills in A\/V plunderphonics to the horror genre in \u2018Magical Misery Tour\u2019 (Cube, 17th<\/sup>) and former PLU collaborator ERGO PHIZMIZ<\/strong>, who presents \u201celectronic neur-opera\u201d The Third Policeman<\/em>, a feast of animation, music and interactive storytelling, over two nights at the Cube (9th<\/sup>, 10th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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More horizon-broadening stuff, again courtesy of Qu Junktions, at the same venue (16th<\/sup>), where Balkan themes are interpreted by The Ex\u2019s ANDY MOOR<\/strong> and Cypriot electronic composer YANNIS KYRIAKIDES<\/strong>.\u00a0 Their take on Greek rembetika comes with Kyriakides\u2019 film Varocha<\/em> and support from Nalle and Scatter man Chris Hladowski\u2019s psych trio THE FAMILY ELAN<\/strong>.\u00a0 Ace.\u00a0 Over at the Croft, more heavy psych treats; transcendental West African jam band GROUP INERANE<\/strong>, undeterred by their ATP performance going on ice, pair up with killer free noise pair FLOWER-CORSANO DUO<\/strong> for an unmissable night (29th<\/sup>).\u00a0 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER<\/strong> returns swiftly to Bristol (Cube, 22nd<\/sup>) with an A\/V collaboration with filmmaker Nate Boyce, an apparently career-best new set of meditative, lo-fi sampledelia and support from Planet Mu alumnus HYETAL<\/strong>.\u00a0 Finally, for now, there\u2019s coal-black mutant jazz from Norway\u2019s very awesome SHINING<\/strong> (Fleece, 6th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s lots of excellent new releases about from Cardiff\u2019s best and brightest, and on the back of some triumphant Swn shows a few of them take the metaphorical champagne bottle across the bow this month.\u00a0 TRUCKERS OF HUSK<\/strong> celebrate the release of \u2018Accelerated Learning\u2019 on Shape at Clwb (26th<\/sup>), and if it\u2019s half as rumbustuous as O\u2019Neills was last week it\u2019ll be a treat.\u00a0 Not least because RIGHT HAND LEFT HAND<\/strong>, who slayed Swn themselves and whose ‘Power Grab’ should be bought, now, by everyone, support.\u00a0 As do yer Bear-Man.\u00a0 KUTOSIS<\/strong>, meanwhile, have \u2018Fanatical Love\u2019 birthed on the 14th<\/sup> by Barely Regal, and launch it not once but twice with a gig at Clwb (11th<\/sup>, EFFORT<\/strong> among the supports) and a playback of the videos created for each song at Chapter Moviemaker (7th<\/sup>).\u00a0 Their joint tour with SAMOANS<\/strong>, meanwhile, takes in the Croft (13th<\/sup>).\u00a0 Also on the 11th<\/sup>, SCIENCE BASTARD<\/strong> unveil \u2018Pull Tiger Death Cord\u2019 with a freebie show at Le Pub; they also support returning heroes FUTURE OF THE LEFT<\/strong> who bring forth new material at Clwb (20th<\/sup>).\u00a0 SATURDAY\u2019S KIDS<\/strong> are on that bill too, one of the month\u2019s best.\u00a0 Another sees LOS CAMPESINOS!<\/strong> touring with Ukraine-wasting nutbar geniuses STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR<\/strong>; the ensuing chaos serves to promote LC!\u2019s \u2018Hello Sadness\u2019 album, and calls at the Globe (9th<\/sup>).\u00a0 ISLET<\/strong> aren\u2019t, sadly, trailing a new album \u2013 yet \u2013 but play Buffalo (23rd<\/sup>) with pictish scruffs DOLFINZ<\/strong> and the lopsided clatter of HIS NAKED TORSO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Away from the local heroes, it\u2019s a bit of a cracking month for quality live tackle in the capital.\u00a0 THROWING MUSES<\/strong> are a bit of a coup for Swn, and should make the air fair crackle with intensity in the intimate setting of the Gate (8th<\/sup>).\u00a0 Watch out for the GIGCLASH though, as the same dudes bring you tender, wounded love songs and sleepy\/druggy West Coast pop classicism care of San Francisco\u2019s GIRLS<\/strong> (Globe, 8th<\/sup>) on the same night.\u00a0 Bummer, I believe, is the expression, a sentiment perhaps shared by Cardiff-based fans of DANANANANAYKROYD<\/strong>; no sooner had I plugged the Bristol date of their farewell tour than the lovable math-pop scamps had added a bonus date (Undertone, 5th<\/sup>) with DRAINS<\/strong> in tow.\u00a0 Top sweaty fun in prospect there, as there surely will be when MARIACHI EL BRONX<\/strong> swing by Clwb (27th<\/sup>), even if their day-job incarnation aren\u2019t appearing this time.\u00a0 JOSH T. PEARSON<\/strong> is another whose show moves to Clwb from the Globe (24th<\/sup>); on sparkling, hilarious between-song form at End Of The Road, that should be a treat.\u00a0 Less predictable, but potentially great, is GHOSTFACE KILLAH<\/strong> (Solus, 6th<\/sup>).\u00a0 Such a shame that\u2019s<\/em> not in Clwb, too, but on his day he should rip it up anyway.\u00a0 WISE BLOOD<\/strong>, rescheduled from summer, brings his dextrous cut \u2018n\u2019 paste pop to Undertone (18th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Plenty of big stuff happening over the bridge.\u00a0 DOOM<\/strong> returns to Bristol with another showcase of his multifarious pseudonyms; the best rapper of his generation appears at Motion (15th<\/sup>), while over at Start The Bus there\u2019s a chance to see SHABAZZ PALACES<\/strong>, capping a remarkable rebirth from Daisy Age obscurity with Digable Planets with his first UK tour (22nd<\/sup>).\u00a0 EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY<\/strong> take their textbook quiet-loud post-rock to the big stages (o2 Academy, 20th<\/sup>), a big step up considering that WILD BEASTS<\/strong> are only playing the Anson Rooms (19th<\/sup>).\u00a0 Both ought to be good, of course.\u00a0 OKKERVIL RIVER<\/strong> have slowly become rabble-rousing main stage gold in a way Bright Eyes never really managed; they\u2019re at the Trinity (21st<\/sup>), while BESNARD LAKES<\/strong>\u2019 slow-burn rootsy indie-rock should sell well at the Thekla (21st<\/sup>) the same night and BON IVER<\/strong> will have the 4×4 crowd going wild in the aisles at the Colston Hall (11th<\/sup>).\u00a0 Rather than the latter, spend the 11th<\/sup> in the company of ST VINCENT<\/strong>, whose US jaunt with our own CATE LE BON<\/strong> in support crosses the pond; they\u2019re at the Fleece (11th<\/sup>) for the nearest thing to a triumphant homecoming.\u00a0 Also recommended: redoubtable gentle giant of folk-blues WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE<\/strong> (St Bonventures, 15th<\/sup>), wrought, emotional indie-rockers THE ANTLERS<\/strong> (Thekla, 9th<\/sup>), Belle & Sebastian guitarist and total chap STEVIE JACKSON<\/strong>\u2019s solo debut (Thekla, 11th<\/sup>) and Constellation\u2019s SISKIYOU<\/strong> (Cube, 12th<\/sup>, with SILVER PYRE<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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More Cardiff stuff!\u00a0 Gathered In Song have landed a bit of a coup with American Music Club\u2019s MARK EITZEL<\/strong>\u2019s return to Cardiff alongside alt-country troubadour RICHARD BUCKNER<\/strong> (Buffalo, 9th<\/sup>) and they also have ex-Grand Drive man DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD<\/strong> (Globe, 14th<\/sup>).\u00a0 Italian garage\/shoegaze dudes THEE PIATCIONS<\/strong> have their postponed show rescheduled at Buffalo (21st<\/sup>) with Laura Bryon of King Alexander\u2019s new band TENDER PREY<\/strong> opening.\u00a0 Ace Fence Records folkster ROZI PLAIN<\/strong> returns (10 Feet Tall, 28th<\/sup>) as do decidedly un-folky Leicester sociopaths DIET PILLS<\/strong> (Gower, 18th<\/sup>, with SPIDER KITTEN<\/strong> and more).\u00a0 Satisfy your noise jonesing further in the company of sludgy Londoners PALEHORSE<\/strong>, skronky mathrock types NITKOWSKI<\/strong> and those STRANGE NEWS<\/strong> fellows (Clwb, 3rd<\/sup>) or TALL SHIPS<\/strong> (Undertone, 10th<\/sup>), or for something a little danceable check Kitsune\u2019s CITIZENS<\/strong> playing 10 Feet Tall with the ace HEMME FATALE<\/strong> (16th<\/sup>) or indiepoppers WAKE THE PRESIDENT<\/strong> (Undertone, 19th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

What else? Lots. Sleek electro-pop goodness from NEON INDIAN<\/strong> (Cooler, 19th<\/sup>), or maybe thumpingly direct polyrhythmic Animal Collective fun from FIXERS<\/strong> (Start The Bus, 19th<\/sup>). PURE X<\/strong> offer a pretty intriguing amalgam of gluey shoegaze guitars and airy 60s pop structures which could either be great or an indulgent mess live, decide for yourselves (Thekla, 7th<\/sup>). There’s supercute gossamer indiepop from CULTS<\/strong> (Thekla, 17th<\/sup>), shuddering mathy hardcore from ICE, SEA, DEAD PEOPLE<\/strong> (Croft, 19th<\/sup>), neon Fairlight disco classicism from AZARI & III<\/strong> (Blue Mountain, 3rd<\/sup>), woozy falsetto lo-fi from GARDENS & VILLA<\/strong> (Thekla, 5th<\/sup>) and hearty stop-start indie-rock care of PORTUGAL. THE MAN<\/strong> (Louisiana, 19th<\/sup>). There’s also some preposterously strong bills over at Motion, with EROL ALKAN<\/strong>, HUDSON MOHAWKE<\/strong>, JON HOPKINS<\/strong>, WASHED OUT<\/strong> and more (12th<\/sup>) and JOKER<\/strong>, MARTYN<\/strong>, NATHAN FAKE<\/strong> and JAMES HOLDEN<\/strong> all on one bill (25th<\/sup>). That’s before we even mention a slew of perma-touring types making swift returns to Bristol, namely MELVINS<\/strong> (Thekla, 4th<\/sup>), DJ SHADOW<\/strong> (Academy, 28th<\/sup>), BILLY BRAGG<\/strong> (Anson Rooms, 28th<\/sup>), JESSE MALIN<\/strong> (Fleece, 29th<\/sup>), WIRE<\/strong> (Thekla, 29th<\/sup>) and JAMES BLAKE<\/strong> (Anson Rooms, 29th<\/sup>). Ridiculous. Frankly, there’s loads more \u2013 see the listings section for ample proof \u2013 but that should be enough to keep you going. Word to the wise: December’s dead, so make the most of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stamina levels suitably galvanised by another epic and dizzyingly fun S\u0175n weekend, let\u2019s approach this typically whistle-stop rambling tour of November\u2019s live music highlights much as we would S\u0175n; celebrating local brilliance and foraging for curiosities amongst the weird and unknown.   Nothing weird about ultra-prolific Japanese psych-rock behemoth ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE playing in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":14652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2230],"tags":[476,469,463],"class_list":["post-14642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","tag-bristol","tag-cardiff","tag-newport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}